Post AQZjFKK1ahI4UP4WS8 by emb@mastodon.sdf.org
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(DIR) Post #AQZTi8XKtAY14M0vGS by textfiles@mastodon.archive.org
2022-12-13T17:35:31Z
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Did you know that sometimes, user manuals came on cassette? Neither did I.Here's a user manual for the Chevrolet Astro Van.https://archive.org/details/astro-owners-cassette
(DIR) Post #AQZVC1teF0S97JGgU4 by superdealloc@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T17:39:13Z
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@textfiles you reminded me of this -- https://johannjohannsson.bandcamp.com/album/ibm-1401-a-users-manual -- an Icelandic artist's take on the cassette manual for the IBM 1401.
(DIR) Post #AQZYn5E180hE189igC by That_AC@masto.ai
2022-12-13T17:40:23Z
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@textfiles *wheels in TAC brain spin*And you have to know that they gave it out even to the people who didn't get the cassette deck option...
(DIR) Post #AQZaHGYVfLqDnehHYu by awgonnerman@social.tchncs.de
2022-12-13T17:40:34Z
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@textfiles good gods how useless.
(DIR) Post #AQZbbsitZNYFv6wtrU by Hello57@noc.social
2022-12-13T17:43:02Z
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@textfiles I just bought a new clothes washerSince consumers reports seem to rate the LG brand very highly, I bought an LG washerThere is, as far as I can tell,NO MANUALthe online manual is a generic one that doesn't apply to my model !!!#appliances #LG #clothes #washers
(DIR) Post #AQZcoMqhUJjImc7LAO by miah@hachyderm.io
2022-12-13T17:46:40Z
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@textfiles Wow very cool! Haven't come across any of these yet, but I have a dozen+ 'audio demonstration tapes' from various auto manufacturers I need to record.
(DIR) Post #AQZjFKK1ahI4UP4WS8 by emb@mastodon.sdf.org
2022-12-13T18:15:33Z
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@textfiles Yes! My family had cassette tapes for a Buick and a Cadillac in the mid-1980s. 😊
(DIR) Post #AQZpPfldJPTFcbIn44 by munterluggauer@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T18:35:36Z
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@textfiles i think horst völz did the same with colleagues in the ddr. teaching basic via radio and cassettes. don't know that project, but it tells a similar story: https://github.com/robhagemans/basicode
(DIR) Post #AQZqnbYOjGgjSS5S9A by ivlia@universeodon.com
2022-12-13T18:35:55Z
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@textfiles Best track starts at 7:12; only wish I could listen to it in my new van!
(DIR) Post #AQZu3lLgNa06KeXHU0 by bennyfactor@mastodon.social
2022-12-13T20:49:08Z
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@textfiles listening to jaunty music while learning about anti-lock brakes
(DIR) Post #AQaBfxYT8xtIPjJeka by MrBuggles@sfba.social
2022-12-14T00:46:02Z
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@textfiles My Macintosh came with a cassette “tour” when I first got it. I thought this was hilarious considering a disk to put into the computer I just bought made way more sense.